This conference seeks to explore the interconnectedness of technology,relationality and practices of resistance. We conceptualize technologybroadly, as referring to systems, methods of organization, visual/imagingtechniques, and political strategies and tactics, as well as to specificmaterial objects and systems of objects â€“ tools, commodities, bodies.We seek papers which explore the polyvalent deployments of technologiesin both reproducing extant systems of power relations and their attendantpractices of subjectification, as well as their role in fashioningresistant subjects, practices, and communities. We understand theseprocesses and poÃ¯etic productions as thoroughly embedded, in terms ofboth historical contingency and geopolitical location.

Relationality is the cloth of subjectification processes. It is real andimagined, and inextricably linked to the production of subjects andtechnologies in both oppressive and resistant logics across differentgeopolitical locales. This conference also aims at igniting discussionand debate on the contrasting logics of resistance as they are enactedfrom disparate geopolitical positionalities.

In keeping with the interdisciplinary emphasis of Binghamton Universityâ€™sProgram in Philosophy, Interpretation and Culture, we seek work thatflourishes in the conjunction of multiple frames of epistemologicalinquiry, from fields including, but not limited to: postcolonialstudies, decolonial studies, queer and gender studies, ethnic studies,media and visual culture studies, urban studies, science and technologystudies, critical theory, continental philosophy, and historiography.Workers/writers/thinkers of all different disciplinary, inter-disciplinary, and non-disciplinary stripes welcome, whether academicallyaffiliated or not. Submissions may be textual, performative, visual.

Submission GuidelinesSubmission deadline: January 31, 2009.Please submit a 300-500 word abstract along with a cover letter thatincludes your name, academic affiliation, contact numbers, completemailing address, and e-mail address, as well as information regarding anytechnological equipment you may need for your presentation. Papers willbe considered for a 20 minute presentation, followed by discussion, soplease limit the length of paper to 10-12 pages.Email address for inquiries and electronic submission of abstracts:pic.conference.2009_at_gmail.com